Sandy closes in on US East Coast |
- Sandy closes in on US East Coast
- Iran navy vessels 'dock in Sudan'
- Ukraine election 'abuse' deplored
- Deadly car bombings rock Damascus
- Book merger 'will not be blocked'
- Huge boost for nanotubes on chips
- Anger at Kenya drive-by shooting
- PIP implant boss leaves custody
- Activists send N Korea leaflets
- Violence ends Israel-Gaza truce
- BBC probe into Savile era culture
- FA investigates Clattenburg claim
- VIDEO: US east coast prepares for Sandy
- VIDEO: Obama: Hurricane will affect millions
- VIDEO: Crew rescued from sinking trawler
- VIDEO: Nixon 'home movies' to be screened
- VIDEO: The first street lights in Somalia
- VIDEO: Burst pipe spews huge water tower
- VIDEO: Sheep on the move in central Madrid
- Hurricane to close markets again
- Islands row to hit Honda profits
- Windows Phone 8 system launches
- Hurricane Sandy tracked by Google
- Musician Terry Callier dies at 67
- Skyfall is best Bond opening ever
- Ash toll: 100,000 trees destroyed
- Sheepdog breed put on watch list
- Cheap colour test picks up HIV
- Women who quit smoking 'cut risk'
- Pietersen to play in tour match
- Rooney nominated for Ballon d'Or
- First trains run in Dar es Salaam
- Taiwan arrests suspected spies
- Sicily deals Berlusconi new blow
- Haddad elected Sao Paulo mayor
- Egyptian Copts vote for new Pope
- San Francisco win World Series
- Hurricane disrupts UK passengers
- Woman's four fire murder charges
- Rzeszowski sentenced to 30 years
- 'No excuse' for failures in care
- In pictures: Coptic Christians vote
- Why stamina is key in the US election
- Trapped in lifts - 10 of your stories
- Day in pictures: 29 October 2012
- Life of danger for Iraq's returning refugees
- Kandahar: Assassination capital of Afghanistan
- Week in China: Rural life 'never better'
- How do you stop online students cheating?
- Afghanistan's first female rapper upbeat on future
- The hurricane stealing the candidates' thunder
- Zuma's missed opportunity to sell South Africa
| Sandy closes in on US East Coast Posted: 29 Oct 2012 11:29 AM PDT Hurricane Sandy is bearing down on the US East Coast, closing financial markets, paralysing transport networks and forcing mass evacuations. |
| Iran navy vessels 'dock in Sudan' Posted: 29 Oct 2012 09:52 AM PDT An Iranian naval task force has docked in Sudan, carrying with it a "message of peace and security to neighbouring countries", Iranian media report. |
| Ukraine election 'abuse' deplored Posted: 29 Oct 2012 10:32 AM PDT International observers say Ukraine's election was a backward step for democracy, marred by "the abuse of power and the excessive role of money". |
| Deadly car bombings rock Damascus Posted: 29 Oct 2012 08:57 AM PDT Two car bombings in the Syrian capital Damascus kill at least 10 people, state media report, as a supposed ceasefire draws to an end. |
| Book merger 'will not be blocked' Posted: 29 Oct 2012 09:50 AM PDT Penguin and Random House, which are merging to form one of the world's biggest publishers, are confident of regulatory approval but will sell "bits and pieces" if necessary. |
| Huge boost for nanotubes on chips Posted: 29 Oct 2012 02:31 AM PDT Researchers fit carbon nanotubes - long touted as the next best thing in electronics - onto chips - at a density of a billion per square centimetre. |
| Anger at Kenya drive-by shooting Posted: 29 Oct 2012 09:42 AM PDT Kenyan politician Shem Kwega is killed and his wife wounded in a drive-by shooting in the western city of Kisumu, prompting street protests. |
| PIP implant boss leaves custody Posted: 29 Oct 2012 09:18 AM PDT Jean-Claude Mas, the boss of the scandal-hit French breast implant company PIP, is released from custody pending trial in 2013. |
| Activists send N Korea leaflets Posted: 29 Oct 2012 12:50 AM PDT Activists in South Korea float propaganda leaflets to the North, a week after Pyongyang threatened military action over a similar launch. |
| Violence ends Israel-Gaza truce Posted: 29 Oct 2012 04:19 AM PDT Militants in Gaza fire 11 rockets into Israel after a day of fighting which ended a brief Egyptian-brokered ceasefire between the sides. |
| BBC probe into Savile era culture Posted: 29 Oct 2012 10:04 AM PDT An inquiry is to begin into the culture and practices at the BBC during the years of alleged sexual abuse by presenter Jimmy Savile. |
| FA investigates Clattenburg claim Posted: 29 Oct 2012 09:48 AM PDT The Football Association launches an investigation into allegations made by Chelsea against referee Mark Clattenburg. |
| VIDEO: US east coast prepares for Sandy Posted: 29 Oct 2012 09:41 AM PDT Hurricane Sandy is bearing down on America's most densely populated region, with storm surges and flooding forecast up and down the East Coast. |
| VIDEO: Obama: Hurricane will affect millions Posted: 29 Oct 2012 10:36 AM PDT President Obama has warned of many days of severe disturbances and possible fatal consequences as Hurricane Sandy approaches the East Coast of the United States |
| VIDEO: Crew rescued from sinking trawler Posted: 29 Oct 2012 06:03 AM PDT Dramatic footage has emerged of a trawler sinking off the County Down coast last week. |
| VIDEO: Nixon 'home movies' to be screened Posted: 29 Oct 2012 05:55 AM PDT Tom Brook examines a new behind the scenes documentary on President Nixon, featuring home movies shot by his political aides. |
| VIDEO: The first street lights in Somalia Posted: 29 Oct 2012 05:15 AM PDT Roadside lighting has been placed on the famous Mecca Mukarama Avenue, in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, after two decades of darkness. |
| VIDEO: Burst pipe spews huge water tower Posted: 29 Oct 2012 07:01 AM PDT A burst water main has sent water 80m (250ft) up into the sky in Melbourne, Australia. |
| VIDEO: Sheep on the move in central Madrid Posted: 28 Oct 2012 10:34 PM PDT Drivers and pedestrians in Madrid have had to give way to 2,000 sheep and their shepherds as part of an ancient tradition allowing the flocks free access to better winter grazing. |
| Hurricane to close markets again Posted: 29 Oct 2012 11:43 AM PDT Hurricane Sandy has severely disrupted financial dealings in the US and is set to close stock exchanges for a second day. |
| Islands row to hit Honda profits Posted: 29 Oct 2012 01:27 AM PDT Honda cuts is annual profit forecast after anti-Japan protests in China hurt its sales in the country, its second-largest market. |
| Windows Phone 8 system launches Posted: 29 Oct 2012 11:00 AM PDT Microsoft formally launches its Windows Phone 8 operating system as it seeks to take back marketshare from Android and iOS. |
| Hurricane Sandy tracked by Google Posted: 29 Oct 2012 04:56 AM PDT Google launches hurricane "crisis maps" and delays its launch of a new smartphone as severe weather approaches the US. |
| Musician Terry Callier dies at 67 Posted: 29 Oct 2012 07:45 AM PDT Chicago-born singer-songwriter Terry Callier, who collaborated with Massive Attack and Beth Orton, dies at the age of 67. |
| Skyfall is best Bond opening ever Posted: 29 Oct 2012 10:11 AM PDT New 007 movie Skyfall tops the UK box office with this year's biggest opening weekend of £20.1m, according to figures from film company Sony Pictures. |
| Ash toll: 100,000 trees destroyed Posted: 29 Oct 2012 09:54 AM PDT Ministers confirm that 100,000 trees have been destroyed to try to prevent the spread of the deadly ash dieback disease. |
| Sheepdog breed put on watch list Posted: 29 Oct 2012 08:20 AM PDT The iconic Old English Sheepdog is being hit by the growing popularity of so-called "handbag dogs" such as chihuahuas, the UK Kennel Club says. |
| Cheap colour test picks up HIV Posted: 28 Oct 2012 11:53 AM PDT A cheap test which could detect even low levels of viruses and some cancers has been developed by researchers in the UK. |
| Women who quit smoking 'cut risk' Posted: 27 Oct 2012 05:39 AM PDT Women who give up smoking by the age of 30 will almost completely avoid the risks of dying early from tobacco-related diseases, according to a study of more than a million UK women. |
| Pietersen to play in tour match Posted: 29 Oct 2012 08:13 AM PDT Kevin Pietersen is recalled to the England side and will bat at number four against India A in their opening tour game. |
| Rooney nominated for Ballon d'Or Posted: 29 Oct 2012 08:08 AM PDT Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney is the only British player named on Fifa's shortlist for the best player of 2012. |
| First trains run in Dar es Salaam Posted: 29 Oct 2012 09:53 AM PDT The first-ever commuter train service in Tanzania's commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, is launched to ease congestion on roads. |
| Taiwan arrests suspected spies Posted: 29 Oct 2012 02:49 AM PDT Taiwan arrests three retired military officers suspected of spying for China, including one whose department handled classified data, officials say. |
| Sicily deals Berlusconi new blow Posted: 29 Oct 2012 11:01 AM PDT The party of former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi suffers a major blow, apparently losing elections in its former stronghold of Sicily. |
| Haddad elected Sao Paulo mayor Posted: 29 Oct 2012 01:53 AM PDT Brazil's governing Workers' Party wins control of the country's biggest city as Fernando Haddad elected mayor of Sao Paulo. |
| Egyptian Copts vote for new Pope Posted: 29 Oct 2012 10:34 AM PDT A council of Coptic Christians in Egypt is voting to shortlist successors to Pope Shenouda III, before a blindfolded child picks from a list of three. |
| San Francisco win World Series Posted: 29 Oct 2012 03:17 AM PDT San Francisco Giants clinch their second World Series title in three years, sweeping Detroit Tigers 4-0. |
| Hurricane disrupts UK passengers Posted: 29 Oct 2012 11:59 AM PDT Thousands of passengers face disruption with the cancellation of flights between Britain and the east coast of the US as Hurricane Sandy hits. |
| Woman's four fire murder charges Posted: 29 Oct 2012 10:20 AM PDT A 42-year-old woman is charged with four counts of murder after a woman, her baby son and young niece and nephew died in a flat fire in Denbighshire. |
| Rzeszowski sentenced to 30 years Posted: 29 Oct 2012 11:59 AM PDT A man who killed six people has been sentenced to 30 years in prison by Jersey's Royal Court. |
| 'No excuse' for failures in care Posted: 29 Oct 2012 05:54 AM PDT Health minister Norman Lamb says there is "no excuse" for the mistreatment of care home patients, as Panorama reports on continuing failures in the system. |
| In pictures: Coptic Christians vote Posted: 29 Oct 2012 08:46 AM PDT Egypt's Coptic Christians vote for a new Pope |
| Why stamina is key in the US election Posted: 28 Oct 2012 05:03 PM PDT How much stamina does it take to win the US presidency? |
| Trapped in lifts - 10 of your stories Posted: 28 Oct 2012 05:05 PM PDT Ten readers' stories of being trapped in lifts |
| Day in pictures: 29 October 2012 Posted: 29 Oct 2012 07:08 AM PDT 24 hours of news photos from around the world |
| Life of danger for Iraq's returning refugees Posted: 29 Oct 2012 06:54 AM PDT Extreme danger dogging the lives of returning Iraqi refugees |
| Kandahar: Assassination capital of Afghanistan Posted: 28 Oct 2012 05:11 PM PDT Kandahar, the assassination capital of Afghanistan |
| Week in China: Rural life 'never better' Posted: 28 Oct 2012 07:56 PM PDT Rural life 'never better' in Great Wall village |
| How do you stop online students cheating? Posted: 29 Oct 2012 06:28 AM PDT How do you stop an online student from cheating? |
| Afghanistan's first female rapper upbeat on future Posted: 29 Oct 2012 02:58 AM PDT Afghanistan's first female rapper upbeat about the future |
| The hurricane stealing the candidates' thunder Posted: 29 Oct 2012 09:59 AM PDT How Hurricane Sandy is stealing candidates' thunder |
| Zuma's missed opportunity to sell South Africa Posted: 29 Oct 2012 06:42 AM PDT President Zuma fails to sell his vision of way forward for S Africa |
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